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| Percent of respondents by | Percent of respondents by
| levels of confidence | levels of confidence
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Institution |A great| Quite | | Very |Can't |A great| Quite | | Very |Can't
| deal | a lot | Some |little | say | deal | a lot | Some |little | say
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Private higher education ............| 14.4 | 33.9 | 30.9 | 12.4 | 8.4 | 18.3 | 38.7 | 28.3 | 7.5 | 7.1
Small businesses ....................| 16.2 | 36.7 | 36.8 | 7.2 | 3.2 | 15.3 | 40.8 | 32.6 | 7.6 | 3.6
Religious organizations .............| 21.3 | 28.3 | 30.9 | 16.7 | 2.8 | 23.6 | 31.1 | 31.3 | 12.3 | 1.7
The military ........................| 15.8 | 32.8 | 34.0 | 14.1 | 3.2 | 16.9 | 37.0 | 31.0 | 12.1 | 3.1
Public higher education .............| 11.4 | 33.9 | 39.2 | 10.7 | 4.8 | 15.0 | 36.4 | 34.2 | 11.6 | 2.8
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Private elementary or secondary | | | | | | | | | |
education .........................| 13.4 | 31.9 | 34.7 | 13.9 | 6.2 | 15.1 | 35.3 | 33.4 | 9.7 | 6.5
Youth development and recreation ....| 13.8 | 33.0 | 35.6 | 12.1 | 5.5 | 14.8 | 35.2 | 32.7 | 11.6 | 5.7
Public elementary or secondary | | | | | | | | | |
education .........................| 11.3 | 30.7 | 40.6 | 14.7 | 2.7 | 13.3 | 31.7 | 37.2 | 15.3 | 2.4
Health organizations ................| 11.2 | 24.4 | 43.0 | 16.6 | 4.7 | 10.8 | 28.2 | 42.0 | 15.9 | 3.1
Federated charitable appeals, | | | | | | | | | |
e.g., United Way ..................| 11.3 | 26.1 | 36.1 | 21.2 | 5.3 | 12.6 | 26.3 | 34.9 | 21.6 | 4.5
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Human services organizations ........| 10.3 | 22.9 | 45.0 | 15.4 | 6.5 | 9.1 | 28.1 | 42.6 | 15.1 | 5.0
Arts, culture, and humanities | | | | | | | | | |
organizations .....................| 8.1 | 21.2 | 40.5 | 18.7 | 11.6 | 9.3 | 26.7 | 39.8 | 14.3 | 9.9
Recreation for adults ...............| 8.6 | 21.7 | 43.4 | 15.0 | 11.3 | 7.8 | 27.5 | 41.9 | 13.4 | 9.4
Environmental organizations .........| 10.7 | 22.9 | 40.3 | 20.5 | 5.6 | 9.4 | 23.1 | 41.0 | 20.3 | 6.2
Private and community foundations ...| 8.0 | 22.5 | 43.9 | 16.7 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 24.0 | 42.3 | 13.5 | 12.6
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Local government ....................| 3.8 | 19.4 | 45.6 | 29.0 | 2.1 | 5.4 | 25.9 | 43.3 | 23.1 | 2.3
Public/society benefit, e.g., civil | | | | | | | | | |
rights, social justice, community | | | | | | | | | |
improvement organizations .........| 6.0 | 17.9 | 45.5 | 24.4 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 22.7 | 43.4 | 20.8 | 5.6
Media, e.g., newspapers, T.V., | | | | | | | | | |
radio .............................| 6.1 | 19.8 | 40.5 | 32.0 | 1.6 | 6.3 | 22.7 | 39.5 | 29.7 | 1.8
Work-related organizations ..........| 5.5 | 22.6 | 48.8 | 14.6 | 8.6 | 6.1 | 21.5 | 47.2 | 17.4 | 7.9
State government ....................| 4.4 | 16.4 | 46.0 | 31.2 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 22.2 | 44.9 | 26.4 | 2.5
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International/foreign, e.g., | | | | | | | | | |
culture exchange, relief | | | | | | | | | |
organizations ....................| 3.7 | 14.9 | 38.3 | 30.7 | 12.5 | 6.3 | 19.1 | 37.5 | 24.2 | 12.8
Organized labor .....................| 6.7 | 15.9 | 43.9 | 29.1 | 4.4 | 6.6 | 17.7 | 40.9 | 29.3 | 5.6
Major corporations ..................| 5.1 | 17.2 | 50.6 | 22.7 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 18.7 | 44.2 | 27.4 | 4.8
Federal government ..................| 3.5 | 15.5 | 44.2 | 34.8 | 1.9 | 5.2 | 17.5 | 43.9 | 31.1 | 2.2
Organizations that advocate a | | | | | | | | | |
particular cause ..................| 3.9 | 12.5 | 39.5 | 37.6 | 6.6 | 4.0 | 15.7 | 42.7 | 29.5 | 8.1
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Congress ............................| 3.2 | 12.0 | 40.9 | 41.3 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 12.4 | 41.7 | 39.0 | 3.5
Political organizations, e.g., | | | | | | | | | |
Republican or Democratic parties .| 3.9 | 12.7 | 40.3 | 39.7 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 10.8 | 39.2 | 42.6 | 3.7
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